Copyholder



J. F. M GREGOR COPYHOLDER Fi led Sept. 27. 1921 wrmssg:

JZZ/ifac 6 0/ INVENTOR ATTORNEY J. F. M GREGOR COPYHOLDER Filed Sept.27, 1921 -2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fullac f/ ggg ATTORN EY HESS:

Patented Dec. 23, K92 i.

UHTEEE FATEN COPZHOLDEB.

Application filed September To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosnrH F. MAC- Gnnoon, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Meadville, in the county of Crawford and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Copyholders,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in copy holders especiallydesigned for attachment to typewriting machines, an object of theinvention being to provide means where- 'by a copy may be supported inthe most advantageous manner.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a copy holder inwhich the copy support is adjustable to fit note books or sheets ofdifferent sizes, so that the copy may be held in position to preventbuckling or folding and the entire face of the copy exposed.

A further object is the provision of means associated with the copyholder, whereby the leaves may be folded over the top and held againstthe back of said holder, so as to be out of the way of the succeedingpages or leaves.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further includesthe follow-- I n I ing novel features and details of construction, to behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure l is an elevation of a copy holder embodying theinvention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a similar view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a like view on the line 1et of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is an enlarged section on the line 55 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of the securing clamp.

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein like characters ofreference denote corresponding parts, the reference character 10indicates the holder proper against which the copy is adapted to rest.This holder is of sectional formation and ineludes an upper section 11and a lower sec tion 12, the former including a transversely disposedplate 13 which is provided along one edge with a longitudinally disposed27, 1921. Serial N0. 503,658.

channel 14 for the reception of an L-shaped arm 15, to which the plate13 is secured. Extending downwardly from the plate 13 are spaced arms orfingers 16 and these fingers together with the plate 13 provide a backfor the upper end of a note book or copy sheet.

In order to secure a note book or copy sheet to the section 11, thelatter is provided with a spring clamp 17 whose opposite ends are formedinto loops 18 which pass through openings provided in the plate 13 andsurround the edge of the plate which receives one end of the L-shapedarm 15. The upper end of the copy may thus be se curely clamped to thesection 11 and the leaves may be folded over upon the back of the holderand held in such folded posi tion through the medium of a spring arm 18which is secured to and extends inwardly from the l -shaped arm 15.

The section 12 of the holder includes a substantially Z-shaped plate 19which is arranged to provide a lower horizontal supporting ledge 20 andan upper guide flange 21. The flange 21 is provided with spaced openingswhich slidingly receive and guide the fingers 16 of the section 11 whichextend downwardly toward this section 12 so as to bridge the spacebetween the two sections. The plate 12 is provided with a spring finger22 which is adapted to engage and hold the lower end of the copy.

The sections 11 and 12 of the holder are relatively adjustable and forthis purpose, the section 12 is carried by a slide 23 which is providedwith an opening 24: for the passage of one end of the l.-shaped arm 15,so that the said slide may be adjusted upon this arm to regulate thesize of the holder and held in adjusted position through the medium of aset screw 25.

Pivotally secured to the slide 23 is one end of an ...-shaped supportingarm 26, the latter being of sectional formation and including a section27 and a section 28, the first mentioned section being secured to theslide 23 and pivotally adjusted with respect thereto by means of a setscrew 29. The angular position of the holder may thus be regulated tosuit the operator. The opposite end of the section 27 of the arm 26 islongitudinally and rotatably adjustable within one end of a sleeve 30,the latter serving as a connection between the section 27 and thesection 28, the last mentioned section clamp 33. This clamp is ofU-shaped to-r mation and is adapted to engage over a convenient part ofa typevvritingmachine and ,to be held against accidental displacementihroi hihe l m of. we W Th construction of; clamp 33 i may be: varied tosuit theparticular make of machine to "whi'chftherholder' 'is atta'ched.k

I .1? "iii l b se n" i ien? l fib g i i i scription and the accompanyingdrawings, that theinvention provides ai'c'opy' holder wh h may iact tdwo t ze. of h "copy in use, being further adjustable to regulate thehorizontal and vertical angular position of the holder, 'While theheight 10f. the holder vvithj respect to the machine fals'o'beregulated. means ofthe connection between'the arm 26 and the clamp 133,.the holder inlay be positioned tov'vard either the front or rear of the"machine, at

the"option of theiiiser L t V The invention is susceptible of various"changes in its proportions and minor details of construct on andt'heright s herein reserved to make such changes ,"as

'properIy fall Within the sco'pe of the ap- "pended claims.

Havin described the invention What is claimed is 'ing -long"it'udin'allythereof and 1 1..1A" copy "holder cemp'r'isin j -a sectional support,one of said'sections including an upper horizontally disposed member,spaced fingers extending therefrom and the other section lnc-ludlng alower horizontally disposed substantially Z-shaped member having ahorizontally disposed upper flange extendprovided With spaced openingstherein to sl1d1ngly receive the spaced fingers, and a long arm c'ar-'ried the :iipper 'mernber "alguide block err-e bath w m er n fh viopeningptherethrough to sli'ding'lyfre- "ceive the arm, means torholding the block: and arm against relative f movement and supportingmeans for theholder, H

2. A copy holder comprisingfai section'al support including an'uppersection and a lower section, said upp'er section comprising ahorizontally disposedplate andspaced vertically disposed rods havingtheir upper ends secured to the plate, one ofs'aid rods being relativelylongfsaidi lower] section comprising a horizontally disposedsubstantially 'Z-shaped plateincluding an upper flange provided withspaced openings'jto slidingly receive the lower ends of the flange, anattaching 'arm and'mea'ns carried by the attaching arm for sliding andadjustble engagement With the relativelyl'ong rod.

In testimony whereof, I affiii'my signature.

JOSEPH F. MACGREGOR.

"spaced rods and aflower copy supporting

